How Much Power Savings using LED's?
Just purchased 4 warm white LED panels with 20 5050 LED's. Wanted to experiment with these on my TT before purchasing more. Anyhow, one 20 5050 LED panel wasn't nearly as bright as the original 92...
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smkettner wrote:Thanks for the link/info, smkettner! After reading this it would seem my readings/observations are not all that far off the mark.dbbls wrote:
I have found that LED lights do not give as much light. Some might but I haven't found them.
command electronics has a replacement that is most definately more light and maybe half the draw as incandescent.
http://www.commandelectronics.com/int_led_parts.html
I'll take a guess and say the 30 LED panels in this link contain 5050 LED's. I believe 5050 LED's draw approx. 14-15 ma each. 30 5050 LED's times 14 ma equals .42 amps. The 30 LED panels in the above link draw .47 amps--that's close. The 40 5050 LED's in my two 20 5050 LED panels (total 40 LED's) draw .59 amps--that's proportionally very similar.
They're saying their 30 LED panels provide 42% more light than a 921 bulb. Well, I found 20 5050 LED's provide less light than a 921, and 40 5050 LED's provide possibly more. So, all-in-all, my personal observations are roughly equivalent to their claims/specs.
One final note. I paid approx. $4.50 for two 20 5050 LED panels that have a total of 40 5050 LED's. They want $23-$24 for what I believe is one 30 5050 LED panel. Sometimes it still pays to shop eBay :)
